Live Music Drop-In (July 16): BADGENTINA

One "Ticket" is for one whole table, not for one seat. Please choose a Quantity of "1" for one whole table, and please choose a table that matches your group size. Registration will close when all the tables are booked.

Entry by donation, payable upon your arrival to the event.

badgentina is Stephen and Lisa Toon, married folk-rockers who have been making music together for over 20 years. They write and perform songs full of story, in the tradition of their favourite songwriters. Growing up on albums by the likes of Jackson Browne, the Indigo Girls, Neil Young and KD Lang, Stephen and Lisa make music in this vein — there are the heartfelt and personal ballads and intimate secrets set to music, alongside rally cries and straight-up celebration. The live show is not to be missed. The journey is real for all who partake, both the artist and art-lover get caught up in the expression and process.

The Toons have played many venues big and small on their own and with other artists/projects, locally in Western Canada and as far away as Macau and Mongolia. Around 2007, while still living in Vancouver, BC, Canada, badgentina took a long break. Over the next 10 years, 4 boys and a dog named Raphi joined the family, and then...it just felt right to get the ol' badger train back on the tracks. The Toons formed Toonmade as their online Hub for all their goings on, it represents their independent record label and production house. By 2019 it was clear that badgentina would record a new record. It had been about 13 years since they last released an album, Brittle the Bed.  

New Album — Dead Reckon  A hugely successful Kickstarter campaign in December 2019 brought them back into the studio with gifted Producer Jonathan Anderson, who has produced artists Aidan Knight, Jordan Klassen, Said the Whale and many others including his own band, Jonathan Inc. badgentina started this new record with two songs, Dusty Rose and Tomorrow's Running Late, setting the tone for this rich and vibey record, full of hooks and stories.

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Tables must be claimed by 6:30pm. At 7pm, unclaimed tables will be released to walk-in customers.

This event is "rain or shine," though extreme weather will trigger a cancellation. Event cancellation due to extreme weather will be notified by email and on the Facebook event page.

Tables are assigned by reservation online only.